> And > doing so would provoke Vlad into unconsidered action against them, and > presumably Morrolan&Cie plus the heir apparent wouldn't be pleased. I never got the impression that the organization considered Vlad a threat. They certainly didn't take into account the lengths Vlad was willing to go to free her. In hindsight, they would have perhaps been better off killing her. Regardless, I have trouble believing that Vlad's reaction to whatever they did would have entered into the equation. > On the subject of the Cycle, everybody in the world except for Kelly knows > that there can not be a successful Teckla revolt in anyone's lifetime > (ok, excluding Sethra [if she has a lifetime] and the SiG). Verra seemed worried enough about it to involve Vlad in getting Kelly's group conscripted into the army. It's a bit > puzzling to me that the Jhereg don't just wait a few years for Kelly's > group to die off (impressing future generations with the futility of > the struggle), perhaps helping them along in subtle ways that don't > announce Jheregs-were-here. They tried to "help" Kelly's group in a way that wasn't supposed to lead back to Jhereg. Vlad tipped their hand.